As part of the school board president’s report at the Nov. 20 school board meeting, Bill Dellicker congratulated high school Principal Aileen Yadush because the Northwestern Lehigh students were No. 11 with a score of 95.5 out of 895 students who took the school performance profile testing given by the state.

During the public comment portion of the meeting, a police investigation was mentioned due to a threat.

Dellicker said the subject that cannot be publicly discussed but investigations are ongoing.

Seventy to 80 veterans visited Weisenberg Elementary for Veterans Day. Various celebrations were held to honor them. There were red, white and blue decorations and patriotic songs.

Superintendent Jennifer Holman said she had lovely feedback on the program.

Director of Activities Jason Zimmerman gave each board member a plaque because of the support they gave the sports teams that had a very successful season and for providing the turf on the fields. Five teams received district league championship letters.

This meeting was the last for board member Phil Toll. Rachael Scheffler will be filling his spot beginning with the Dec. 4 reorganization and regular board meeting.

Toll, who served for six years, told the board at the end of the meeting how much he enjoyed being able to give a contribution to board actions.

He had reviewed all of the board contracts because that was his field of expertise.

Board member John Casciano commented.

“Every board should have a guy like you,” Casciano said.

Susan Bahnick will be splitting her time between Northwestern Lehigh and Northern Lehigh in the food service area.

She will be working with separate contracts for each school. She said she had been working in food service since she was 16 and is glad to work with Northwestern Lehigh.

An enrollment study was done to provide information about moving more students to the Weisenberg Elementary School. It was done as part of the gathering of information promised at a previous board meeting where it was brought up as public comment.

Tracy Healy and Rick Stein from the Ohio company, Future Think, provided the presentation. They listed birth dates of children which provided population estimates and considered nonpopulation enrollment.

Births had peaked in the 1950s. Populations had remained steady in each township but there was an increase in young people considered under 40 years with an increase in the elementary schools and decrease in high school.

Stein had maps with a line drawn showing the homes of students who would have to move to Weisenberg and keep social economic conditions balanced.

Dellicker said the preferred capacity per class for kindergarten to fifth grade is 17 to18 students.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education capacity would be 25 per class.

Maps are password protected but it was given to those who will be working on the decision.

Dellicker said it gives them a lot of information to study at workshops.

Police Chief Jonathan Nederostek said some students have stopped in to talk to them and considered it a good sign that their program was working.

The Weisenberg Walking Trail will include improving athletic fields. A sidewalk will be constructed from the school to the firehouse. At this point plans are waiting for grants. The sidewalk will not be kept snow free except for special events.

A nominating committee was formed to offer people for the positions of president, vice president and secretary at the reorganization meeting.

Community education classes for winter 2020 are: Yoga, Jan. 6, March 9 and April 27; knitting Jan. 15; Method-Mobility and self care fitness, Jan. 8, and basket weaving Feb. 1, March 17, May 12 and May 19.

Budgets will be received next month for LCTI and LCCC.